Assessment of salivary a-amylase in biobehavioral research

Handbook of Physiological Research Methods in Health Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 95-114

  Granger, Douglas A ^a   Kivlighan, Katie T ^b   El Sheikh, Mona ^c   Gordis, Elana B ^d   Stroud, Laura R ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976244.n5     Document Type: Chapter

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